Dash

1. n. A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; — used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
2. v. t. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; — often used with against.
3. v. t. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
4. v. t. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
5. v. t. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
6. v. t. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; — with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
7. v. t. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; — with out; as, to dash out a word.
8. v. i. To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
9. n. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
10. n. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
11. 1n. 1 A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; — used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
12. 1v. t. 1 To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; — often used with against.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.